Inconsistent hyphenation and accents are as in the original if not marked as a misprint.
| The table below lists all corrections applied to the original text. |
| p. v: -5 → 4–5 |
| p. vi: 154–156 → 152–156 |
| p. xi: the authorship → the authorship. |
| p. xvii: his Life, written by Himself. → himself. |
| p. xix: edit. Meibomius. Amstel. → Amstel, |
| p. xxi: Diplomatie Erançaise → Française |
| p. xxi: London, 1818. 2 vols → vols. |
| p. xxviii: A Journey though → through |
| p. xxxvi: of 1569. London, 1840 → 1840. |
| p. xxxviii: Literature. London, 1849 → 1849. |
| p. xli: The Journals of. London → The Journals of London |
| p. xlii: Camd. Soc. 1848 4to → 1848. 4to. |
| p. 22: not always absolutely, → absolutely. |
| p. 40: vol. vi. p. 136. → 136, |
| p. 54: with the greater rapidity. → rapidity.’ |
| p. 57: one and a half per cent. → cent |
| p. 60: Carus' Comparative Anatomy → Carus's |
| p. 64: when it is over-supplied → over-supplied. |
| p. 64: ‘Cabanis → '‘Cabanis’ |
| p. 64: Burckhardt's Travels in Arabia → Arabia, |
| p. 64: Déscrition → Description |
| p. 64: Ulloa' → Ulloa's |
| p. 64: vol. i. pp. 379, 380, 460,; → 460; |
| p. 66: Phillip's on Scrofula → Phillips |
| p. 69: So too, in North America → So, too, in North America |
| p. 70: Theatre of the Indus → Hindus |
| p. 72: Craufurd's History → Crawfurd's History |
| p. 72: Journal of Geograph. Society, vol → vol. |
| p. 72: l'AmériqueMéridionale → l'Amérique Méridionale |
| p. 80: he be divested? → divested?’ |
| p. 84: 170, 213; Bowditch → Bowdich |
| p. 94: throughout, the laying → 'throughout |
| p. 97: in nearly 9° north. → north.’ |
| p. 97: p.113. → p. 113. |
| p. 103: vol. ii. p. 113, → vol. ii. p. 113; |
| p. 108: was 21°,on the → was 21°, on the |
| p. 109: of elevation. → elevation.’ |
| p. 111: l.'Humboldt → l'Humboldt |
| p. 113: belonged to the people. → people.’ |
| p. 119: natural progress → natural progress. |
| p. 122: Brit. Assoc. for 1850, p. 68; → p. 68); |
| p. 123: comme Science d' Observation → d'Observation |
| p. 126: they apprehend danger. → danger.’ |
| p. 126: Garrows or Garrudus. → Garrudus.’ |
| p. 130: vol. i. p. 41; → 41, |
| p. 130: Phillips on Scrofula, p. 255: → 255; |
| p. 133: Religiöse Bildung der Hindus, vol → vol. |
| p. 135: Asiatic Researches → Asiatic Researches. |
| p. 137: Speculationen über Zahlen → ‘Speculationen |
| p. 143: Müller's Hist → Müller's Hist. |
| p. 147: Stephen's Central America → Stephens's |
| p. 148: Béclard. → Béclard, |
| p. 150: The views of Liebeg → Liebig |
| p. 158: can be raised → can be raised. |
| p. 158: Locke's Works, vol. i, → vol. i. |
| p. 164: generalized solely from from the → solely from the |
| p. 167: ich mir noch and ere → andere |
| p. 170: Asiatic Researches, vol. iii, → vol. iii. |
| p. 171: promises the metphysicians → metaphysicians |
| p. 177: Geoffroy Saint Hilaire → Saint-Hilaire |
| p. 177: Hist. de la Médecine, vol. i. p. 380; → p. 380, |
| p. 183: vol. ii. p. 304 → 304. |
| p. 193: Ideen zur Gesckichte → Ideen zur Geschichte |
| p. 197: l'intelligence, la seule q'uon → qu'on |
| p. 205: and a dagger → dagger. |
| p. 207: sur ce sujet. → sujet.’ |
| p. 208: became clearly recognied → recognized |
| p. 211: balancing of trade. → trade.’ |
| p. 212: Mill's History of India, vol → vol. |
| p. 215: pp. 834, 905 → 905, |
| p. 249: Nichol's Literary Illustrations → Nichols's, |
| p. 256: le plus éclairé. → éclairé.’ |
| p. 267: Geschichte der Philosophie, vol. ii, → vol. ii. |
| p. 293: vol. iii. pp. 383. → 383, |
| p. 294: Œuvresde → Œuvres de |
| p. 295: Poetry, 1840 → 1840, |
| p. 302: have for upwards of 2000 years → 2,000 years |
| p. 302: extending back 3000 years → 3,000 years |
| p. 304: from Madagascar to within 2000 miles → 2,000 miles |
| p. 304: in Polynesia Proper → proper |
| p. 310: Troyens, par Pàris → Paris |
| p. 314: vol. ii. p. 389 → 389. |
| p. 315: prædicatorem,’ p. 360 → 360. |
| p. 325: progress was unmistakeable → unmistakable |
| p. 330: of mathematics at Tubingen → Tübingen |
| p. 332: Biog. Univ. → Biog. Univ., |
| p. 342: ‘Quodque in illis → Quodque in illis |
| p. 358: pp. 572, 577 → 577. |
| p. 375: Richardson's Travels in the Sahara, vol. i. p 11 → p. 11 |
| p. 378: Cudworth's Intellect → Intellect. |
| p. 379: affected by uncontrolable → uncontrollable |
| p. 389: In another place, vol → vol. |
| p. 392: Chalmers' Biographical → Chalmers's |
| p. 393: Chalmers' Biog. → Chalmers's Biog. |
| p. 397: vol. ii. pp. 52. → 52, |
| p. 404: September 1688 (Ellis → Ellis, |
| p. 409: Parl. Hist. vol. v → vol. v. |
| p. 411: vol. ii. pp. 640. → p. 640. |
| p. 412: 72 Calamy → 172 Calamy |
| p. 423: Southey's Wesley, pp → pp. |
| p. 425: Whateley's Dangers → Whately's |
| p. 426: Hist.of Moral → Hist. of Moral |
| p. 429: eighteenth century. Proviously → Previously |
| p. 434: vol. ii. p. 29), it become → became |
| p. 437: with plenty of ‘parentheses’! → ‘parentheses!’ |
| p. 442: such efforts to instil → instill |
| p. 445: Mahon's Hist. of England, vol. v → vol. v. |
| p. 447: So too Lord Campbell → So, too, Lord Campbell |
| p. 449: rectitude of their hearts. → hearts.’ |
| p. 451: Dutens' Mémoires → Dutens's |
| p. 453: So too Sheridan → So, too, Sheridan |
| p. 465: the very sound of them. → them.’ |
| p. 467: vol. i. pp. 43. → 43, |
| p. 468: Buckingham's Mem. of George III. 1853. → 1853, |
| p. 474: the united sovereigns → ‘the united sovereigns |
| p. 475: a long war. → war.’ |
| p. 477: Bisset's Life of Burke, vol → vol. |
| p. 480: ‘Without stopping to relate → Without stopping to relate |
| p. 481: vol. i. p. 352, → vol. i. p. 352; |
| p. 481: says 139,171,876l → 139,171,876l. |
| p. 487: Stephen's Mem. of → Stephens's |
| p. 493: immediately assented, p. 385–387. → pp. 385–387. |
| p. 494: Stephens's Mem. of Tooke, vol → vol. |
| p. 494: Compare Fox's statment → statement |
| p. 494: to erect every man,not → man, not |
| p. 494: Mem. of Horne Tooke → Mem. of Horne Tooke, |
| p. 496: See also vol. xxxv. p. 609, 610. → pp. 609, 610. |